Starbucks Board of Directors has approved the November 15, 2017 Bean Stock grant. Grants will be viewable to eligible partners at Fidelity’s NetBenefits by December 11 and grant notices will be sent to each eligible partner in late November or early December.

About Bean Stock

What is it?

Eligible partners are granted Bean Stock Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), which turn into shares of Starbucks stock over a two-year period. To receive shares, you must be continuously employed during that waiting period, called vesting.

Simply put, if you stay employed by Starbucks for at least one year from the grant date with no breaks in service, you’ll receive the first half of your Bean Stock. If you remain employed two years from the grant date, you’ll receive the second half. Once you own the shares, you can hold or sell them – it’s up to you.

For each RSU, you get one share of Starbucks stock.

Eligibility

No need to enroll – you are eligible if you:

Are hired by Starbucks as of May 1 of the fiscal year before the grant date,

Are a store partner, or a non-retail partner in a position up to, but not including grade 25+ jobs, and

Work in a company owned market (licensed/franchise stores are not eligible)

Special Bean Stock Grant

Eligible U.S. partners may have received a special Bean Stock grant on April 16, 2018. For details, click here.

This site highlights the terms of “Starbucks 2005 Company-Wide Sub-Plan to the Amended & Restated 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan.” If a discrepancy should arise between this information and the official plan documents including your award agreement, the official plan documents govern in all cases. The Company reserves the right at its discretion with or without notice to review, change, amend or cancel the plan at any time. The language on this site does not constitute a guarantee of employment. Nor does any of the material on this site itself in any way constitute a contract of employment or a contract to continue to offer the plan described herein. This site does not constitute an offer or invitation to buy any securities. Any offer to buy securities from Starbucks would only be made by means of a prospectus in accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.